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Refers to a hook in WordPress Core that can be used to alter the results returned by a WP_Query based database query.

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Theres a way to use $query->set('tax_query' in pre_get_posts filter?

Theres a way to use $query->set('tax_query', ...) in pre_get_posts filter? for example next code is not altering the query. Note that I'm building $taxonomies from and custom search. function custom_ …
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Using a pre_get_posts filter to search for multiple strings on all meta values

Yes, I got it: function custom_search_where( $where = '' ) { global $wpdb; if ( is_search() ) { if ( isset($_GET['my-terms']) ) { $count = count($_GET['my-terms']); …
José Pablo Orozco Marín's user avatar
2 votes
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How to alter query order direction using $query->set('order', 'ASC'); inside a pre_get_posts...

According to: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters Default order is DESC and default orderby is date. In a custom plugin, plugin is applying the following …
José Pablo Orozco Marín's user avatar
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How to alter query order direction using $query->set('order', 'ASC'); inside a pre_get_posts...

Yes, I got it: function custom_search_orderby($orderby) { global $wpdb; if ( is_search() ) { if ( isset($_GET['order']) ) { if ( $_GET['order'] == 'DESC' ) { …
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Using a pre_get_posts filter to search for multiple strings on all meta values

Using a pre_get_posts filter to search a given string on all meta_values: $query->set('meta_value', 'first string'); debug: AND ( (CAST(wp_postmeta.meta_value AS CHAR) = 'first string') ) Works …
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